Ken Causey skrev:
> On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 21:37 +0100, karl wrote:
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>> But if I as apprentice was the only one certifying Dan as anything, and 
>> I certified him as master would he be able to vote in the Squeak election?
>> Or would he only enjoy my appreciation ;-)
>> Karl
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> To put it simply, if yours is the only certification for someone else
> then that other person will be certified up to either your level or the
> level you specified for them, whichever is lowest.  So if you are an
> apprentice, and you certify Dan as Master (and yours is the only
> certification) then Dan will be certified as an Apprentice.  Apprentice
> is sufficient to allow voting.
>   
Ok, good to know I don't waste any appreciation :-)
> It gets more complex than this when there is more than one
> certification, but in any case getting Apprentice status is a very low
> bar for receiving voting privileges.  I am in the habit of certifying
> anyone up to Apprentice level who
>
> A. I either recognize from the mailing list or squeak-dev IRC or some
> other Smalltalk-related context.
>
> B. Includes a comment that shows some knowledge of Squeak or Smalltalk
> in general.
>
> C. Links to a webpage that at least mentions Squeak or Smalltalk in a
> reasonable way.  Note that I go so far as to find references in foreign
> languages I can't even read and tend to give them the benefit of the
> doubt.
>
> Ken
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It's really vital that people that don't participate on the list's etc. 
leave some info on Squeak People so there is a chance to apply trustmetric.

karl